Today, Microsoft has updated its video conferencing app, Teams to now support Apple CarPlay, as well as a few other improvements. The CarPlay addition will allow drivers to make and take calls on Teams, while in the car which is useful for people always on the road needing to talk to people at the office in a group call style. Microsoft has also added support for the way the app […]
Apple added the CarPlay dashboard last year with iOS 13 and so far, only Apple Maps and Google Maps support it, and Google only added it a few months ago. Now popular maps app Waze is testing support to it, according to users in the beta testing process. The Verge also reported the news, and as the feature hasn’t been officially announced yet, information is limited but it looks like it […]
More and more cars seem to be offering wireless CarPlay in their new vehicles, as the rumour of the next iPhone not including any Lightning port whatsoever. For example, in the US, Hyundai is adding wireless CarPlay to the 2021 models of the new Tuscon, Santa Fe, Venue and Palisade. Here in the UK, the latest Volkswagen Golf 8 now has wireless CarPlay too. Wireless CarPlay uses a combination of […]
Today, Google has updated its Podcast app on iOS to version 2.0. Google Podcasts now supports CarPlay, meaning you’ll now see a more native experience while you drive. CarPlay currently works with Apple Podcasts and Overcast and now, Google’s platform. Google Podcasts has been an Android only app until recently and was launched on iOS in March this year.
The latest version of the Mazda MX-5 for 2020 is launching soon and it now has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integrated as standard across all the model versions. The model is fairly unchanged from the 2019 version, it now has sport-tuned suspension off the Grand Touring versions as standard, new colour options and also Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard. Inside the car is a 7-inch touchscreen, two […]
In the US marketplace, the Toyota Corolla has been the best selling car for a very long tine – as long as we can remember. With the new 2020 Toyota Corolla, the company is bringing the nameplate back to the UK, which will be replaicing the current Auris. But with the brand new 2020 Corolla, Toyota has finally added support for Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto. Whether or not […]
Toyota today has announced an all new pickup truck in the US, the 2020 Sequoia at the Chicago Auto Show as well as some exciting CarPlay and Android Auto news for US customers. The 2020 Sequoia joins a roster of TRD Pro vehicles that includes the Tacoma mid-size and Tundra full-size pickups and 4Runner SUV. Toyota CarPlay & more For the 2020 model year pickups from Toyota in the US, […]
Jaguar Land Rover is set to be soon offering support for Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto very soon with its new 2019 model range, and then the new models which come afterwards. CarPlay, or iOS in the Car as it was first known as back in 2014 has been slowly rolling out to new cars with new manufacturers and also some older car models being added all the time […]
Today WhatsApp has been added to the list of supported apps on CarPlay, more notable is that it is the first third-party app on CarPlay which supports messaging. Other apps, mainly music ones are offered such as Spotify and Google Play Music. But today WhatsApp was updated to add in support for CarPlay, which allows the driver to read unread messages, ask Siri to read those messages as well as […]
At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit today, Lexus unveiled its latest car – The 2019 Avalon saloon car and according to a post from Apple blog MacRumors, it is the first new car from Lexus that will support CarPlay from Apple. This is something which a handful of car journalists have criticised Lexus for, as all the big main manufactures now support CarPlay and or Android Auto, including Volkswagen, […]
